Friday, November 23, 2007

Holiday Social

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association will hold its holiday social on Tuesday December 11th at Hams Restaurant on High Point Road in Greensboro, NC. We will be there beginning at 6:30pm but feel free to drop in as your schedule allows. Hams is located directly off the High Point Road exit of I-40. Please email us if you need directions. Happy holidays!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

November Meeting Recap

This past Tuesday, November 13th, the NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association held its third meeting. Seven people (2 chapter leaders, 3 people who stutter, 1 family member, and 1 speech-language pathology student) were in attendance. We were excited to see four new faces at this meeting! After Emily read the welcoming words, we had a round of introductions to get to know everyone. Then, we watched the MTV documentary "True Life: I Stutter" and discussed reactions to the film. One person had been through the stuttering therapy program featured in the film and talked about how his experience compared. This lead to a discussion about various stuttering therapy experiences from both the person who stutters' point of view and the speech-language pathologist's point of view. Then, the choice of restaurant for next month's holiday social was debated. This social will take the place of our regular monthly meeting for December. Karrie read the closing words to end the meeting. Next month we will meet on Tuesday December 11th. As soon as the location is chosen, it will be posted on this website.

Monday, November 5, 2007

November 13th Meeting Agenda

The NC Triad chapter of the National Stuttering Association will hold its next meeting on Tuesday November 13th from 7 to 9pm in the Claxton Room on the first floor of the Elliott University Center on UNCG's campus. Directions and parking information are on the lower left edge of this page. We will be watching a documentary on stuttering and discussing issues brought up in the film. Snacks will be provided!

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Stuttering Documentary

Tomorrow (Sunday November 4th) at 2pm MTV will air a new episode for its True Life documentary series titled "I Stutter." The documentary follows three young adults who stutter. Footage for this documentary was taped at the national NSA convention in Atlanta this summer. We may be discussing this episode at an upcoming support group meeting.